Eggshelland
is a unique Easter Display, presented by Ron and Betty Manolio of Lyndhurst, Ohio. This
will be our 54th year. The entire front yard is transformed into different eggshell mosaic designs each year, always
including a 50ft. Cross and the Mascot Easter Bunny. The display has grown
from 750 shells in 1957. We use 24 brilliant
colors of 1Shot,
Outdoor Sign
Paint enamel to paint the shells. As far as we know, it is the
only
display of it's kind in the world. The idea came from Ron's Mother, who placed dyed eggshells on bushes in front of her
home. This is a family
project. We used to save our shells. We now get our eggshells from the Sidewalk Cafe,
who use fresh eggs. Without them the display
would not continue, as other restaurants use liquid eggs. Ron
makes a hole the size of a dime in
the
egg and Betty shakes outthe
contents. The shells are then washed and the edges of the hole trimmed. After painting, the shells are stored by
color in boxes, with 250 in each box. They are used over
again each year, andrepainted, if necessary, in the proper
colors. Our average handling
breakage is 1500 shells. We have had six natural disasters.
In 1998, and2009, hail storms destroyed 18,000
shells.
In 2002, an ice storm on 6 inches of snow broke 11,941, in 2005,
6 inches of snow smashed 5,633 shells, and in 2007 16
inches of snow on Easter morning broke 14,176. In
2008, for the first
time, we were not able to put pegs in the
lawn, because the ground was frozen. Our Display consisted of
6,223
eggshells, using the five figures we have on Styrofoam,
usually
standing
in the background. The
theme this year is Old Friends and New .
The display includes; Mario and Luigi, with 5,265
shells, GThe Critics, have 5,786 shells, and the Muppets with 11,137 shells. We always
receive
excellent local coverage, and in
2000,
we appeared on the Montel
Williams Show, and were also featured on Extreme
Cuisine, and the Agri-Country Network. We have been
featured on
"Ripley's Believe it or Not," and a photo was sent
out by Associated Press that reached as
far as the front page of an English language newspaper
in Japan. We were on the "Today Show" Easter morning 2006, and
CNN in 2007. A documentary on Eggshelland, which took 4 years to complete, was shown at the
Cedar-Lee
Theater, and is now available on DVD.
The
display is lit
at night, and will be
up from April 1 thru April
9th.
Happy Easter!

Synopsis: The
story revolves around The Muppets reuniting after a huge falling out to
save The Muppet Studios in Hollywood. They have to put on a show inthe
Muppet Theater and get 10 million viewers to save the Studios from an
evil Texas oil tycoon.

Statler
and Waldorfare
a pair of Muppet characters. They are two ornery, disagreeable old men
who first appeared in the television series The Muppet
Show heckling the rest of the cast from their balcony seats. They
appeared in every episode of the show, except for one.
(In one episode, Waldorf appeared alone at the beginning, explaining
that Statler was sick, and that Waldorf's wife would substitute. Her
name turned out to be "Astoria." She looked remarkably like Statler
wearing a dress.) In The Muppet Show, the two were always
trashing Fozzie Bear's poor jokes, except for one occasion where
Fozzie, with help from Bruce Forsyth, heckled them back
In contrast, they found themselves vastly entertaining and
inevitably burst into mutual laughter at their own witticisms. It is
later revealed in the Muppet Family Christmas special that the
two hecklers were friends with Fozzie's mother, Emily Bear. Despite
constantly complaining about the show and how terrible some acts were,
they would always be back the following week in the best seats in the
house. As to why, the original version of The Muppet Show theme
song had Statler admitting, "I guess we'll never know."

They also had a penchant for breaking the fourth wall. At
the end of one episode, they looked at the camera and asked "Why do you
watch it?", and in another one, Waldorf stated that he didn't care for
puppets, not finding them believable. Statler responded with "I don't
believe you!"

Statler and Waldorf are named after two New York City
hotels, The Statler Hilton and the
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

Mario and Luigi
Games for Kids

The Italian brothers Mario and
Luigi were first paired together in the arcade classic "Mario Bros."
Since then, these characters have appeared in many best-selling games
for a variety of Nintendo consoles. There are several titles available
that are appropriate for players of all ages, including role-playing
games and standard side-scrolling games. Mario is a
famous plumber, brother of Luigi, and star of the Mario & Luigi Series.